Impact of ESC/ACCF/AHA/WHF universal definition of myocardial infarction on mortality at 10 years | Zendy

Francisco Moscoso Costa | Zendy; Jorge Ferreira | Zendy; Carlos Aguíar | Zendy; Hélder Dores | Zendy; João Figueira | Zendy; M Mendes | Zendy

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Impact of ESC/ACCF/AHA/WHF universal definition of myocardial infarction on mortality at 10 years

Author(s) -

Francisco Moscoso Costa,

Jorge Ferreira,

Carlos Aguíar,

Hélder Dores,

João Figueira,

M Mendes

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs311

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , myocardial infarction , cardiology , confidence interval , acute coronary syndrome , st segment , troponin , coronary care unit , proportional hazards model

Redefinition of myocardial infarction (MI) based on specific cardiac troponins (cTn) was universally accepted in 2007. The new definition has been widely discussed for including a large spectrum of quantitative myocardial necrosis and their clinical implications remain under debate. Our aim was to assess the impact of the universal definition of MI on mortality at 10 years.

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